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Why Being a Black Sheep is the Only Way to Become a Billionaire

Chris Herd
3 min readOct 11, 2019

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There is one character trait that every successful person I have ever encountered all have.

An immunity to peer pressure

The ability to avoid general consensus that is wrong or groupthink that comes to a conclusion which has been misinterpreted and the majority of people are just going along with to fit in.

The key to succeeding in life is having an unwavering — almost deluded — conviction you’llbe successful

Some people call this a delusion of grandeur, but it only appears to be this in hindsight if you don’t achieve what you set out to. In retrospect, Mark Zuckerbergs assertions that a more connected world could be achieved online, Brian Cheskys belief that Airbnb would exceed the use of hotels and Elon Musks desire to replace fossil-fuelled cars with electric aren’t that bold.

The trait they all share is a level of conviction that ordinary humans don’t have or can’t comprehend

They believe in their view of the world to an almost unrealistic extent

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Chris Herd
Chris Herd

Written by Chris Herd

CEO / Founder / Coach @FirstbaseHQ Empowering people to work in their lives not live at work ✌️✌

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